[Metabolism of nicotinic acid in plant cell suspension cultures, IV: Occurrence and metabolism of nicotinic acid N-alpha-arabinoside (author's transl)].

Application of nicotinic acid to cell suspension cultures of Petroselinum hortense Hoffm., Daucus carota, Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana glauca leads to the formation of the recently isolated[2] nicotinic acid N-alpha-L-arabinoside. In these cell cultures the arabinoside is a metabolically active compound; the nicotinic acid moiety is used for NAD synthesis and nicotinic acid degradation involving decarboxylation and ring fission. N-Methylnicotinic acid (trigonelline) and nicotinic acid N-alpha-L-arabinoside occur alternatively in plant cell suspension cultures, but seem to fulfil the same function as a reserve form for nicotinic acid. Catabolism of nicotinic acid in parsley cell suspension cultures does not involve 6-hydroxynicotinic acid as an intermediate.